Patents by Inventor Thierry Hermann

Thierry Hermann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4759768
    Abstract: A joint prosthesis comprises two pins each designed to be directly or indirectly inserted into a respective one of the two bones to be joined. Operative between the pins are articulation surfaces comprising, in the case of one of the pins, referred to as the carrier pin, two domes centered on an axis perpendicular to the carrier pin, oriented in opposite directions relative to each other and carried by the carrier pin. In the case of the other pin, referred to as the carried pin, the articulation surfaces comprises two further domes each complementary to a respective one of the first-mentioned domes, and thus adapted to be engaged therewith, carried by the carried pin. The domes of the carrier pin are carried by respective pegs which are movable transversely relative to the two pins, the carrier pin comprising two arms each having two respective aligned housings in which the pegs are slidably inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Inventors: Thierry Hermann, Michel Pequignot